Battle of Dwyer Junction

The Battle of Dwyer Junction occurred in 1866 at the town of Dwyer's Junction, Wyoming during Red Cloud's War. Colonel John Chivington, the commandant of Fort Laramie, sent an army of dragoons and artillery from the town of Starks, Wyoming to assault the Sioux village near Dwyer's Junction to put an end to Crazy Horse's raids on the Bozeman Trail, and Quartermaster Billy Holme and Falcon Company businessman Chayton Black took part in the raid. The US Army dragoons massacred the Sioux villagers and torched the Sioux buildings, while the artillery destroyed much of the village. The result was a temporary end to the Sioux raids on the trail, but the Glendo Raid showed that the war was not yet over.